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Leading League goalscorer:
Jamie Cureton
 (Colchester United)
 23  goals

Some 33 years after playing Pele and his Santos side at Home Park (Argyle v Santos)  Plymouth Argyle had another taste of the big-time with a pre-season friendly against Real Madrid played in Austria. Real Madrid put out a strong side for what was Fabio Capello's first match in charge but a penalty for the Spaniards proved to be the only goal of the match.

With one League match of the left Leeds United went into administration and suffered their 10-point penalty when already doomed to relegation. So, just 6 years after playing a Champions League semi-final against Valencia, Leeds are to play in the third tier of the League for the first time in their history, showing what poor financial administration can do to a club.

A 100-year curse ends at St Andrew's and then Birmingham City win the European Cup, League championship, FA Cup...
Whoops

   P W D L F A Pts
    Results 1 Sunderland 46 27 7 12 76 47 88 Promoted
    Results 2 Birmingham City 46 26 8 12 67 42 86 Promoted
    Results 3 Derby County 46 25 9 12 62 46 84 Promoted
    Results 4 West Bromwich Albion 46 22 10 14 81 55 76 Play Off
    Results 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 22 10 14 59 56 76 Play Off
    Results 6 Southampton 46 21 12 13 77 53 75 Play Off
    Results 7 Preston North End 46 22 8 16 64 53 74
    Results 8 Stoke City 46 19 16 11 62 41 73
    Results 9 Sheffield Wednesday 46 20 11 15 70 66 71
    Results 10 Colchester United 46 20 9 17 70 56 69
    Results 11 Plymouth Argyle 46 17 16 13 63 62 67
    Results 12 Crystal Palace 46 18 11 17 59 51 65
    Results 13 Cardiff City 46 17 13 16 57 53 64
    Results 14 Ipswich Town 46 18 8 20 64 59 62
    Results 15 Burnley 46 15 12 19 52 49 57
    Results 16 Norwich City 46 16 9 21 56 71 57
    Results 17 Coventry City 46 16 8 22 47 62 56
    Results 18 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 11 21 54 68 53
    Results 19 Leicester City 46 13 14 19 49 64 53
    Results 20 Barnsley 46 15 5 26 53 85 50
    Results 21 Hull City 46 13 10 23 51 67 49
    Results 22 Southend United 46 10 12 24 47 80 42 Relegated
    Results 23 Luton Town 46 10 10 26 53 81 40 Relegated
    Results 24 Leeds United 46 13 7 26 46 72 36

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 Relegated
   
    * Leeds United had 10 points deducted after going into administration.

Full home and away table

   
   
Play Off Semi-Finals    Play Off
1st Leg
Sat May 12 Southampton 1 - 2 Derby County
Sun May 13 Wolverhampton W. 2 - 3 West Bromwich Albion
2nd Leg
Tue May 15 Derby County 2 - 3 Southampton
Wed May 16 West Bromwich A. 1 - 0 Wolverhampton W.
Aggregate scores
Derby County 4 - 4 Southampton
   (Derby won 4-3 on penalties)
West Bromwich A. 4 - 2 Wolverhampton W.
Play Off Final (at Wembley)
Mon May 28 Derby County 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
Derby County were promoted to the Premier League.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     

 


Did You Know.....
 In the first 80 or so years after the Football League was founded only two clubs suffered points deductions - now several clubs a season are usually punished this way. To check out all the points deductions - and the reasons for them - 
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Points deductions, demotions and expulsions
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